HD Video From The Edge of Space – Director’s Cut

Keith’s note: This is a much longer version of the previously released video – with music. If at all possible watch this at 720p resolution. As the payload slowly rotates you will see Discovery’s vapor trail at the Earth’s limb. The payload (with camera) swings to the west (where the sun is) and then swings back to the east, past Discovery’s vapor trail, around to the west again and then continues to rotate to the east toward the fading vapor trail.

Educational Balloon Provides Space Shuttle Launch Images and Video From Over 110,000 feet

“Last week a balloon with a student-oriented payload shot high resolution photos and video from an altitude of over 110,000 feet of Space Shuttle Discovery as it climbed into space.These images and video were released today as part of a mission report provided by Quest for Stars representative Bobby Russell at the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) at the University of Central Florida.”